
Charlton Heston
Born: 1923-10-04
Place of Birth: Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Biography
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theater, and television. He is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes, and Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston was also known for his political activism. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
Known For

Hercules
1997★ 7.5

Armageddon
1998★ 6.8

Ben-Hur
1959★ 7.9

Planet of the Apes
1968★ 7.6

The Ten Commandments
1956★ 7.8

Tombstone
1993★ 7.6

True Lies
1994★ 7.1

Planet of the Apes
2001★ 5.8

Midway
1976★ 6.6

Alaska
1996★ 5.8

Soylent Green
1973★ 6.9

Hamlet
1996★ 7.3

The Three Musketeers
1973★ 6.7

Mother Lode
1982★ 5.6

The Order
2001★ 5.1

Any Given Sunday
1999★ 6.8

Treasure Island
1990★ 6.6

Counterpoint
1967★ 6.0

Pony Express
1953★ 5.6

Skyjacked
1972★ 6.1

In the Mouth of Madness
1995★ 7.2

Khartoum
1966★ 6.3

Proud Men
1987★ 7.0

Lucy Gallant
1955★ 7.0

The Awakening
1980★ 5.5

The Omega Man
1971★ 6.2

Cats & Dogs
2001★ 5.4

Touch of Evil
1958★ 7.8

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020★ 7.5

The Call of the Wild
1972★ 6.0

Arrowhead
1953★ 5.9

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970★ 6.1

Dark City
1950★ 6.5

The Savage
1952★ 6.1

The Naked Jungle
1954★ 6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965★ 6.4

Julius Caesar
1970★ 5.8

Town & Country
2001★ 4.4

Gideon
1998★ 5.8

The Big Country
1958★ 7.6

Wayne's World 2
1993★ 6.1

The Orson Welles Story
1982★ 9.0

Lasting Love
2003★ 0.0

The President's Lady
1953★ 6.8

Diamond Head
1962★ 5.4

Earthquake
1974★ 6.1

El Cid
1961★ 6.8

55 Days at Peking
1963★ 7.0

Noël
1992★ 4.2

Texas
1995★ 4.5

Forever Hollywood
1999★ 8.0

Airports
2025★ 0.0

The Four Musketeers
1974★ 6.4

Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966★ 0.0

Bowling for Columbine
2002★ 7.5

Will Penny
1967★ 6.6

Two-Minute Warning
1976★ 6.2

Bad for Each Other
1953★ 5.7

Airport 1975
1974★ 5.7

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952★ 6.3

Almost an Angel
1990★ 5.8

The Legacy of Malthus
1994★ 0.0

The Last Hard Men
1976★ 6.1

Three Violent People
1956★ 5.9

Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses
1993★ 0.0

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963★ 0.0

Solar Crisis
1992★ 4.2

I Am Richard Pryor
2019★ 6.9

The Prince and the Pauper
1977★ 6.0

Major Dundee
1965★ 6.6

The Mountain Men
1980★ 5.9

The War Lord
1965★ 6.2

The Avenging Angel
1995★ 4.7

The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
1971★ 0.0

The Buccaneer
1958★ 6.4

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996★ 6.4

Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
1998★ 6.9

Gray Lady Down
1978★ 6.4

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989★ 7.6

The Far Horizons
1955★ 6.2

Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016★ 0.0

The Lord Protector
1996★ 3.5

A Bolt of Lightning
1951★ 0.0

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959★ 6.2

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth
1993★ 0.0

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003★ 0.0

Christmas in Hollywood
2003★ 0.0

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965★ 7.1

Jane Eyre
1949★ 0.0

Antony and Cleopatra
1972★ 5.5

Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019★ 7.0

Secret of the Incas
1954★ 5.8

Vietnam! Vietnam!
1971★ 5.3

The Crucifer of Blood
1991★ 6.5

Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998★ 7.1

Hail Satan?
2019★ 7.0

Spanish Western
2015★ 6.2

The Little Kidnappers
1990★ 5.1

The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002★ 0.0

A Night on Mount Edna
1990★ 0.0

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003★ 0.0

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997★ 7.5

The Mysterious Origins of Man
1996★ 6.0

The Mystery of the Sphinx
1993★ 8.0

The Hawaiians
1970★ 5.4

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987★ 5.7

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014★ 7.3

Ruby Gentry
1952★ 6.3

Call from Space
1989★ 10.0

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010★ 6.6

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010★ 6.1

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997★ 5.0

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014★ 6.5

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003★ 0.0

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002★ 7.5

Ben Hur
2003★ 5.7

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992★ 5.8

My Father
2003★ 6.0

The Private War of Major Benson
1955★ 6.6

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970★ 7.1

Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968★ 2.0

The Making of Midway
2001★ 0.0

A Man for All Seasons
1988★ 6.8

Number One
1969★ 4.7

Let Poland Be Poland
1982★ 0.0

The Madding Crowd
2017★ 0.0

Yesterday's Tomorrows
1999★ 10.0

A Century of Cinema
1994★ 8.0

While I Run This Race
1967★ 5.0

Original Sin
1989★ 3.3

Stars of Cabaret
1956★ 0.0

Directed by William Wyler
1986★ 0.0

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024★ 8.1

Nairobi Affair
1984★ 4.8

The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002★ 0.0

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
2003★ 5.0

Love in Hollywood
1996★ 0.0

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007★ 6.7

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005★ 6.6

Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023★ 8.5

The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962★ 5.3

The Special London Bridge Special
1972★ 0.0

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994★ 0.0

Fun in the Big Country
1958★ 0.0

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011★ 7.6

Elizabeth the Queen
1968★ 0.0

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986★ 7.5

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004★ 7.8

Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
1991★ 0.0

Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003★ 6.0

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000★ 0.0

Last Party 2000
2001★ 6.1

Symphony for the Spire
1992★ 7.0

Peer Gynt
1941★ 7.0

Uncertain Verification
1965★ 6.6

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984★ 0.0

Charlton Heston: For All Seasons
1995★ 5.0

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013★ 7.8

Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
2008★ 0.0

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
1997★ 10.0

De Madrid a la Luna
2006★ 6.0

Todos los nombres de Sara
2019★ 4.0

Barry Norman in Celebrity City
1982★ 0.0

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998★ 7.0

Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019★ 0.0

The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003★ 8.0

Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
1997★ 8.0

Eclipse of Reason
1987★ 0.0

Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004★ 0.0

A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green'
1973★ 0.0

The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016★ 6.2

America at the Movies
1976★ 5.3

Energy: A National Issue
1977★ 5.0

Julius Caesar
1950★ 5.8

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994★ 6.0

The Taming of the Shrew
1950★ 0.0

Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
2003★ 0.0

The Five Cities of June
1963★ 6.3